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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Replace contents of a file Post 302873501 by rbatte1 on Tuesday 12th of November 2013 08:52:02 AM
Old 11-12-2013
Do you want to change one value in the file? Perhaps this:-
Code:
for label in HOME_1 HOME ACTARUS
do
   du -ksx $label | read value rest
   ( grep -v "^$label:" filename ; echo "$label:$newvalue" ) > filename.tmp
   mv filename.tmp filename
done



Does that help? You've not been too clear on your problem.



Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
 

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getlabel

getlabel(1)							   User Commands						       getlabel(1)

NAME

       getlabel - display the label of files

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/getlabel  [-sS] filename...

DESCRIPTION

       getlabel  displays  the label that is associated with each filename. When options are not specified, the output format of the label is dis-
       played in default format.

OPTIONS

       -s    Display the label that is associated with filename in short form.

       -S    Display the label that is associated with filename in long form.

EXIT STATUS

       getlabel exits with one of the following values:

       0    Successful completion.

       1    Unsuccessful completion due to usage error.

       2    Unable to translate label.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWtsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |See below.		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       The command line is Committed. The output is Not-an-Interface.

SEE ALSO

       setlabel(1), m_label(3TSOL), label_encodings(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The functionality described on this manual page is available only if the system is configured with Trusted Extensions.

SunOS 5.11							    11 Jul 2008 						       getlabel(1)
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